I feel like someone just stole my cake yet somehow I'm eating it.

Hope to hear from you on the bombcast soon, @snide - til then I wish you the best, just like you've been providing us with the best for all these years.

Awww, Dave, I'll miss you! The Random PC Games won't feel quite as random with you gone. :*(

Good luck in starting your family, and in wherever your professional life takes you after Giant Bomb!

I.... can one be happy and sad at the same time?! I have been begging for Rorie, but at what cost?! Dave? DAVE?!

Rorie acted like a wet blanket on the screened podcast and I haven't quite been able to forgive him for it yet. I guess it's time to get over it.

Im with ya dude

Its Astounding

Good luck Dave!

God damn Dave. Sad to see you go sir. Thank you for the years of great website management and content. GB has gained a great asset, but lost one as while. Best of luck.

Thank you, Dave.

Sad news indeed, but I guess we all knew it was coming. We're really gonna miss you Brad.

@snide My God.... Hardcore Dave going out in the most hardcore! Performing alchemy, using the laws of equivalent exchange, and performing the taboo of human transmutation at CBSi. For there to obtain something, something of equal value must be given. God speed, good sir! And thanks for the puppies! You will be missed!

What?

Huh.

Well, shit.

All I want to say is: I love you Dave.

Which of the stages of grief is denial? That's the one I'm on...

Rorie's on the site?! That's great! He and Dave will surely team up to make some wonderful conte... *sobbing

We'll miss you duder. Weird PC strategy game quick looks will never be the same! Best of luck!

well, if a mensch has to make an exit, it's best he's being replaced with one. you're great dave, sad to see you go. but it'll great to have rorie back!

Nooooooooo

I guess it was bound to happen sometime. Sad to see you go. Thanks for being so amazing, Dave.

So happy Rorie is back, though!

Wow wow Dave... wasn't expecting this one. I am going to miss your ever looming, if often inscrutable, presence. My first son is due in about a week and I can feel where you're coming from though. I look forward to you popping back in for flight club and random PC games. :(

Thank you for the many hours of entertainment you have provided.

You designed the site and were hardcore!

I wish you all the best Dave. Thanks for a great site. :)

@snide: The Giant Bomb got just a little bit smaller today... AND SO DID MY HEART! :(

Honestly, this has affected me more than I expected it to. Damn...

@snide Pretty much called this a while back, it's completely understandable. Good luck wherever you find yourself, Dave! Pop in once in a while, just to say hi, however :)

However, Rorie coming in to take your place makes all this weirdly bittersweet. Oh, Giant Bomb.

I love you, Dave.

Rock on Dave, rock on.

Dave I was blessed by your talents! Have fun with baby! Thank you for sticking around anyways!

I'll miss you Dave. You've always brought something special to Giantbomb. Best wishes, hope to see you again. Good luck raising your child.

Also, in honour of Dave, I bought and played Dragon Age: Origins today.

Sad to see you go. Happy to see Rorie reunited with the team. Finally people can stop making "GB should hire Mather Rorie." Threads

bye dave, thanks for all the hard work you put into an amazing site. best of luck in future endeavors!

not crazy familiar w/ rorie (blasphemy i know!) but i welcome him with open arms.

This song is legitimately making me want to cry ;_;

We'll miss you Dave! Thanks for everything you've done!

Ironically, Dave will probably appear more often now because he isn't trying to keep a website from exploding. If I don't see a Icewind Dale II RPCG out of this, I will be sad.

But it's ok because RORIE IS BACK.

also you'd better visit on the bombcast now and then if possible!

It's tough to see you go Dave, but I wish you the best with your family and whatever you decide to do in the future!

Godspeed, Dave!

More shocking then WWE. Duder it's over? Wow!

Hm, joy and sadness mixed together... that sounds about right for life.

All the best, Dave, truly. I look forward to your appearances.

Dave will always be my favorite Giant Bomb guy, even when he's not on Giant Bomb.

See ya, Dave.

Talk about bittersweet, but good luck to you Dave and welcome back Rorie!

Bitter sweet. Sad to see you go Dave! But it's great that Rorie is finally joining the team. Congratulations on the baby and godspeed, Snide!

On one hand we lose Dave but on the other gain Rorie, both sad and happy at the same time.

This is suddenly hilarious to me, these last 3 months. But gut-wrenching to think about Dave taking the time to respond about why hiring Rorie was not a good idea, e.g. money. Take care of that girl, Dave. Be happy, congrats. : )

Thanks Dave for all of your amazing work. Glad to see Rorie back

RORIE IS BACK!! I'm so happy :D:D

DAVE IS LEAVING!! I'm sad :(:(

I don't know how to feel just now. Gonna miss you Dave. Make those visits frequent.

I'm happy and sad all at the same time! You'll be missed, Dave, but welcome back, Rorie! ^_^

Bu...bu....Hardcore Dave??

:(

Duder, it's over.

Good luck Dave! Welcome "back" Matt!

We'll miss you, duder! I'm glad to hear you are leaving to take care of your family though, that's the most important thing in the world.

Still, I look forward to seeing you pop in occasionally.

By the way, announcing that Rorie is back is a really god damn smart way to calm a panic before it even starts. Smart man.

@snide: I'm sure if everyone here could have given you a standing ovation when you left the office for the last time, we would have. Instead, the best I can do is link this, tell you to watch until 1:14, and say that this ovation is for you.

Wow. Well, good luck out there, Dave! We'll miss you!